Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Metcalfe Larken, deputy Civil Auditor at Bombay; James Edwards, Accountant at the Residency in the Persian Gulf; and the Bombay Medical Board. It is the tenth in a series of eleven items.The item concerns requests to the Government of Bombay for payments for:An advance payment of his salary for EdwardsThe Christmas donation to the gatekeepers of Bushire [Bushehr]The purchase of five Persian guns for future presentationsMedical supplies purchased for the ResidencyMaking shelves for the Residency recordsBinding five volumes of Residency records.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 689/48’, ‘Coll[ection]: 17’, ‘Collection No 10 of No 45’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 292, and terminates at f 299 as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2416/130506. It is the twenty-sixth in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Bombay Medical Board; and James McAlister, Assistant Surgeon, Residency in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to the amount of medical stores expended by McAlister, and the concerns of the Bombay Medical Board that this exceeds what is justifiable.The item contains a table of contents (f 678), and the title page (f 677) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 26’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 677 and terminates at f 681, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2349/123808. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Bombay Medical Board. It is the tenth in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.This item concerns Hennell’s requests for disbursements for presents he had purchased for future distribution. The item contains lists of presents itemised by recipient, and a list of medical stores purchased.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 334 of 1850’, ‘Coll[ection] 4’, and ‘Collection No 9 of No 95’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 252, and terminates at f 260 as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Medical Board of the Government of Bombay; and Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the fifteenth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns an itemised bill of expenditure on medical supplies for the Persian Gulf Residency at Bushire [Bushehr] from January to March 1848.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 14 of No 129’, ‘Coll[ection]: 17’ and ‘Draft no 465 of 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 425, and terminates at f 429, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Consul and Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat; and the Bombay Medical Board. It is the thirty-fifth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns a request by Hamerton for more medicines to be supplied to him, specifying the formats which are most useful in Zanzibar’s climate.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 14 of No 169’, ‘Coll[ection]: 17’ and ‘Draft no 465 of 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 593, and terminates at f 596, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 1 October and 15 October 1915. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include: letters, telegrams, notes, tables, and memoranda.A summary of the contents of this volume can be found at folios 5-6, and the volume concerns:Appreciations [reports] and intelligence summaries from the Directorate of Military OperationsLists of prisoners taken and casualties at Kut-al-Amarah [al-Kut]The question of pursuit of Turks [Ottoman Army] from Kut-al-Amarah up the TigrisBulgaria’s entry into the warMedical suppliesGeneral John Nixon’s support for an advance to Baghdad and comments on the proposal from the Viceroy, Cabinet, and Secretary of State for IndiaA cavalry skirmish near Aziziyah [Al ‘Aziziyah]Reinforcements for Force D.The following tables appear:Composition of Force D on folios 3-4, including administrative unitsThe distribution of the troops in Force D on folios 35-37 and 98-100The strength of Force D on folios 22 and 84-85.Physical description: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 134; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 8-132; these numbers are printed and are located in the bottom centre of the recto side of each folio.Dimensions: 21 x 33cm
Abstract: The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 16 and 30 November 1915. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include: letters, telegrams, notes, tables, and memoranda.A summary of the contents of this volume can be found at the start of IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3240. The volume concerns:Appreciations [reports] and intelligence summaries from the Directorate of Military OperationsTurkish [Ottoman] concentration of forces towards BaghdadGeneral Charles Townshend’s occupation of Zeur and arrival at LajjThe battle of CtesiphonReports on the health of Force D and medical and military supplies sentTownshend’s withdrawal to Lajj and then Aziziyah [Al ‘Aziziyah]Sir Mark Sykes’s views on the future of the Middle EastReinforcements for Force D.The following tables appear:The distribution of the troops in Force D on folios 20-22 and 77-79The strength of Force D on folios 18-19 and 66-67Embarkation statement for troops which embarked at Bombay [Mumbai] and Karachi for Basrah [Basra], November 1915 on folios 190-197.Physical description: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 199; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 3-197; these numbers are printed and are located in the bottom centre of the recto side of each folio.Dimensions: 21x33cm
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence and memoranda cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay.The item concerns correspondence received from Captain Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty’s Consul and Honourable Company’s Agent in the Dominions of the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat, containing the following:A translation of a letter from the Imaum of Muscat to the Governor of BombayA request that a letter be forwarded to John Bidwell, Superintendent of the Consular ServiceA report of sickness at Zanzibar and a request for medicines. It includes a list, received from Dr John McLennan, Medical Storekeeper, of medicine supplied from the Medical Depot at Bombay [Mumbai].The item contains a table of contents (ff 120-121), and the title page (f 119) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 4291, D/t 558/44, Coll. [Collection] No. 5’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 119 and terminates at f 131, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: Correspondence relating to the delivery of medical supplies, from the Political Agency at Bahrain to the Political Agency at Muscat:in 1933, a request from the Political Agent at Muscat (Major Claude Edward Bremner) to the Political Agency in Bahrain, for a streptococcus vaccine (f 2). The request was forwarded to Lieutenant Dr Ralph Holmes, Medical Officer in Charge at the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Bahrain (f 3);in 1935, a request from Major Bremner for 16,000 units of anti-diptheritic serum (f 8).Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 16; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-13; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to the Bahrain Government Hospital and the dispensary. The correspondence is between The Political Agency in Bahrain, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), Government of India (Central Revenues and India Store Departments), India Office, India National Airways, British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), Bahrain State Medical Officer and State Engineer, and the American Mission Hospital, Bahrain.The papers include routine correspondence concerning payments, receipts, and shipment for medical supplies purchased from India and Britain. Other matters covered by the file include lists of supplies needed and discussions over the need for penicillin and a typhus vaccine.Folios 120-127 are internal office notes.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 128; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-119; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: This file contains requests sent by the Persian Gulf Resident to various British manufacturers and suppliers' for medical supplies to be shipped to the Gulf. The letters are mostly requests for indent forms or suppliers product lists, and responses from manufacturers in Britain. Few of the papers mention particular medical products.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 27; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file concerns assistance given by various British Government departments with the provision from medical suppliers of medical equipment (1938-39) and drugs (1945-50) for the hospital of the Government of Bahrain.The papers include lists of medical equipment requested by the Government of Bahrain. The drugs concerned are penicillin and yellow fever vaccine.The papers include correspondence from medical supply companies, and papers concerning air freightage.There are no papers in the file dated 1940-44.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 202; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.